TIL #011 – emojis in Python with pythonji

Can you use emojis in Python?

No! At the time of writing, emojis are not valid Python identifiers. This means that this code fails:

>>> 🍔 = "hamburguer"   # SyntaxError

However, if you install the package pythonji , you will be able to run code like that!

Installing pythonji is as easy as python -m pip install pythonji!

With pythonji installed, we can run programs that make use of emojis!

Here's a little program I wrote:

import enum

class 🍽(enum.Enum):
    🍔 = "hamburguer"
    🍕 = "pizza"
    🍅 = "tomato"
    🥕 = "carrot"

class 🧍:
    def __init__(🤳, 😋👍):
        🤳.😋👍 = 😋👍

    def 🍽(🤳, 😋):
        if 😋 in 🤳.😋👍:
            return "Yummi!"
        else:
            return "Ok, I'll eat that."

👨 = 🧍([🍽.🍕, 🍽.🥕])
print(👨.🍽(🍽.🍕))
print(👨.🍽(🍽.🍅))

Save it to the file foo.🐍 (yes, the extension really is 🐍!).

Now, run it with pythonji foo.🐍 and this is the output:

 > pythonji foo.🐍
Yummi!
Ok, I'll eat that.

Amazing, right? 😆

That's it for now! Stay tuned and I'll see you around!

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